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Pedro has struggled to establish himself at Chelsea (Picture: Getty Images)

It might be stating the obvious but Pedro Rodriguez hasn’t had quite the impact at Chelsea that both he and the west London club might have hoped.

A spectacular debut showing promised much and for a handful of games immediately after his signing, there was a genuine belief that the Blues had got themselves a bargain.

Since then, however, Pedro has failed to impress on numerous occasions. In fact he’s only managed the full 90 minutes on 10 occasions since his transfer from Barcelona.

Given that one of the main reasons for the move to the Premier League was a lack of game time, it’s arguable that the transfer has been an unmitigated disaster.

The striker hasn’t even been able to provide anything like his best in a goalscoring vein either.

Including his debut strike at West Bromwich Albion, Pedro has just five goals to his name. One was against Walsall in the FA Cup, two against Newcastle and one against Sunderland. Teams that are in the Premier League’s bottom three.

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Just two assists all season long only compound the misery.

To that end, and with Antonio Conte likely to have a reshuffle of playing staff upon his commencement of employment as the new manager of the club, players such as Pedro are absolutely dispensable.

Pedro won plenty of trophies in Barcelona (Picture: Getty Images)

Although professional pride may force him into battling for his place initially, he offers nothing to a new broom ready to sweep clean.

Playing a bit part role at Chelsea evidently doesn’t suit the player and perhaps the English leagues are not for him either.

Former club Barcelona are known to be looking for back up strikers for next season and Nolito of Celta Vigo has been mentioned as one such player. However, if Pedro can swallow his pride then there is no reason why he shouldn’t be similarly considered.

At 28 years of age he is younger than Nolito and perhaps more importantly has been at the club for the majority of his playing career.

Luis Enrique didn’t want him to leave and therefore one might expect he would welcome back Pedro with open arms.

His transfer fee is unlikely to prove prohibitive and as he showed before he left the club, as an impact substitute, there aren’t too many better players.

There’s no escaping the fact that, when fit, Barca’s front three will always be Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar and anyone with even just a passing interest in football will understand the reasons why.

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Pedro can still prove to be ambitious by returning to his old club for they will almost certainly be challenging for silverware for a few seasons yet.

He’ll need to accept a reduced role yes, but it’s an important one for the player nevertheless.